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Upper Extremity Versus Lower Extremity Accessory Access Sites During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Minimally-Invasive Upper Extremity Approach Versus Lower Extremity Approach for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) Accessory Access Sites; A Prospective, Multicenter, Investigator-Initiated, Randomized Clinical Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05672823
Acronym
TAVIXS
Enrollment
238
Registered
2023-01-05
Start date
2022-11-28
Completion date
2023-12-15
Last updated
2024-02-12

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Aortic Valve Stenosis

Keywords

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Coronary angiography, Hemorrhage, Hospitalization, Pacemaker

Brief summary

The goal of this prospective, multicenter, investigator-initiated, randomized clinical trial is to assess the safety and efficacy of a 'minimally invasive, upper extremity' approach versus the standard 'lower extremity' approach for accessory access sites in patients undergoing a transcatheter aortic valve implantation. The main questions it aims to answer are whether a 'minimally invasive, upper extremity' approach as compared with the standard 'lower extremity' approach: * Is associated with less clinically relevant access site-related bleeding complications. * Is associated with a shorter time to mobilization after TAVI. * Is associated with a shorter duration of hospitalization. * Has the same early safety outcomes at 30 days post-TAVI. Participants will be subject to the usual care surrounding a TAVI procedure but will also will be asked to fill out two questionnaires before and after TAVI: * Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (Quick DASH) * Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) Researchers will compare the minimally invasive, upper extremity group with the standard lower extremity to see if there are difference regarding the posed questions.

Interventions

Comparing different accessory access sites for TAVI: the temporary pacemaker access site and the diagnostic access site.

Sponsors

Medtronic
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
Radboud University Medical Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

The outcomes assessor, being the trial statistician, is blinded for the treatment groups. Groups are defined as group A and B during the preparation of the statistical tests. Only after performing the required statistical tests the data will be unblinded.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients must be \> 18 years old. * Written informed consent is obtained from all patients. * Planned for transfemoral TAVI procedure.

Exclusion criteria

* Inability to obtain informed consent. * Contra-indication for brachial or femoral vein access (temporary pacemaker access site). * Contra-indication for radial or femoral artery access (diagnostic access site). * Use of a cerebral embolic protection device (CEPD) if this requires an additional (arterial) access site.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Clinically relevant bleeding of the randomized access site; either diagnostic or pacemaker access site, or bothThrough 30 daysBleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) type 2, 3 or 5 bleeding; In case a clinically relevant bleeding occurs in both the randomized diagnostic access site and the randomized pacemaker access site, these will be combined and the highest classification of the two BARC bleedings will be scored. BARC classification: a classification scoring bleeding complication based on the clinical actions that follow in which type 1 bleeding is not actionable and type 5 bleeding is fatal.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Clinically relevant bleeding not related to the randomized access sitesThrough 30 daysBleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) type 2, 3 or 5 bleeding not related to the diagnostic access or pacemaker access.
All stroke30 daysAll cerebrovascular accidents within the first 30 days after procedure.
Valve Academic Research Consortium-3 (VARC) type 2-4 bleeding30 daysBleeding criteria following the VARC-3 criteria. Type 2 bleeding is classified as bleeding requiring transfusion. Type 3 bleeding is defined as bleeding in a critical organ, causing hypovolemic shock, requiring reoperation or significant transfusion. Type 4 bleeding is defined as overt bleeding leading to death.
Major vascular, access-related, or cardiac structural complications30 daysMajor vascular complications: * Aortic dissection or aortic rupture. * Vascular (arterial or venous) injury, unplanned endovascular or surgical intervention, closure device failure, distal embolization or compartment syndrome resulting in death, VARC type ≥ 2 bleeding, limb or visceral ischaemia, or irreversible neurologic impairment. Major access-related complications: • Non-vascular structure, non-cardiac structure perforation, injury, or infection resulting in death, VARC type ≥ 2 bleeding, irreversible nerve injury or requiring unplanned surgery or percutaneous intervention Major cardiac structural complications: • Cardiac structure perforation, injury, new pericardial effusion, coronary obstruction or compromise resulting in death,VARC type ≥ 2 bleeding, haemodynamic compromise or tamponade, or requiring unplanned surgical or percutaneous intervention.
Acute kidney injury stage 3 or 430 daysAll cases of acute kidney injury stage 3 or 4 within 30 days after procedure.
Moderate or severe aortic regurgitation30 daysAll cases of moderate or severe aortic regurgitation within 30 days after procedure.
New permanent pacemaker due to procedure-related conduction abnormalities30 daysAll permanent pacemaker placements in the first 30 days after procedure due to procedure-related conduction abnormalities.
Surgery or intervention related to the device30 daysAll cases of surgery or interventions related to the device within 30 days after procedure.
Time to mobilizationduring index hospitalization, approximately 3 days - often hours after TAVI procedureTime to first mobilization in minutes after procedure; mobilization is defined as walking short distances on the patients room or on the corridor. Transfers between bed and chair are not measured as mobilization.
Total duration of hospitalizationduring index hospitalization, approximately 3 daysDuration of index hospitalization in days.
Composite endpoint of all clinically relevant bleeding of the access sites; either diagnostic or pacemaker access site or primary (TAVI) access siteThrough 30 daysBleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) type 2, 3 or 5 bleeding of either the diagnostic access, pacemaker access or primary (TAVI) access.
All-cause mortality30 daysDeaths within the first 30 days after procedure from any cause.

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Skin-to-skin timeImmediately after procedureSkin-to-skin time of the total procedure measured in minutes.
Number of punctions for diagnostic accessImmediately after procedureThe number of punctions before secondary arterial (diagnostic) access was achieved.
Number of punctions for temporary pacemaker accessImmediately after procedureThe number of punctions before temporary pacemaker access was achieved.
Temporary pacemaker failureduring index hospitalization, approximately 3 daysDefined as either: * Failure to capture * Failure to pace * Failure to sense intrinsic beats
Pacemaker lead in situ durationduring index hospitalization, approximately 3 daysThe duration for which the temporary pacemaker wire was in situ in minutes.
Fluoroscopy timeImmediately after procedureFluoroscopy time during the procedure measured in minutes.
Frequency rate of cross-over to the non-randomized access siteImmediately after procedureFrequency rate of cross-over of either the diagnostic or temporary pacemaker access site, or both.

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 5, 2026